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Joseph Adam McSween, age 26, from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Explosive Ordance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, Whidbey Island, Washington
Date of death: Friday, April 6, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Hawijah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
James Darren Ellis, age 25, from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 7Th Squadron, 10Th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Monday, October 2, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Sunset Hill, Vldosta
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Dennis Patrick Hay, age 32, from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop P, 4Th Squadron, 3D Armored Cavalry, (Tf Baghdad), Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Monday, August 29, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Tal Afar, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ronnie Lee Sr Shelley, age 34, from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 121St Infantry, (Tf Baghdad), Valdosta, Georgia
Date of death: Saturday, July 30, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
John Frank Thomas, age 33, from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 121St Infantry, (Tf Baghdad), Valdosta, Ga
Date of death: Sunday, July 24, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Benjamin Lee Freeman, age 19, from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: K Troop, 3D Squadron, 3 Armored Cavalry, Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Monday, October 13, 2003
Death details: Al Asad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nathaniel Jr Hart, age 29, from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 260Th Quarter Master 416Th Transportation 3D Id Haaf, Georgia
Date of death: Monday, July 28, 2003
Death details: Tallil, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Danny Lee Lightsey, age 22, from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 25, 1971
Source: National Archives
Donald Britton Sowell, age 25, from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes county.
Spouse: Linda C. Sowell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 18, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
William Oscar Wood from Valdosta, Georgia, Whitfield county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: 328 Bombardment Squadron 93 Bombardment Group (Heavy)
Date of death: Sunday, August 1, 1943
Death details: Aboard aircraft that crashed in the area of Ploesti, Romania during Operation Tidal Wave attack. Accounted for May 12, 2022
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency